Chair’s Letter to Rep. Seth Magaziner, showing LCAO’s support for his efforts to reestablish the House Select Committee on Aging (HSCoA).
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LCAO Oct 2024 Chair’s Letter to DPC on ACL Interagency Coordinating Committee
Chair’s Letter to Neera Tanden, Domestic Policy Advisor to President Biden, urging the administration to give priority to supporting the development of a national policy framework on aging that features the perspectives of older adults from across the nation.
House Votes to Improve Protections From Age Discrimination
A bill that would help older adults fight back against age discrimination on the job moved one step closer to becoming law Wednesday when the House of Representatives passed it with bipartisan support.
The House voted 261-155 in favor of H.R. 1230, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA). The legislation would restore protections lost in a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court decision that has made it more difficult for people who face age discrimination in the workplace to successfully challenge such bias in court.
Letter on FY18 Omnibus Priorities
Chair’s letter on LCAO priorities for the FY18 omnibus
The Growing Role of the Aging Network in Improving Health Care and Reducing Costs Issue Brief
Our nation’s demographic shift is challenging our long-term care and health systems, requiring that we re-examine the way we finance and provide services for older Americans. Given this reality, it is time to invest in the low-cost, community-based services that stabilize health care costs and enable older adults to remain in their homes and communities.
Read this issue brief to learn more about the history of the aging network, the growth of senior population and how further investments in social, nutrition and other community supports can help bend the health care cost curve on the mandatory side of the budget. (Updated April 2018.)